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Friday, February 17, 2017

ISLE OF ARRAN DISTILLERS BREAKS GROUND ON NEW DISTILLERY SITE

Isle of Arran Distillers, has today announced that work on their
second distillery site on the south of the island at Lagg, has officially begun.A
ground breaking ceremony marked the start of construction of the new
distillery, visitors centre and three new warehouses, which will allow enough
capacity to increase production to 1.2 million litres.

Master Distiller James MacTaggart and Managing Director Euan Mitchellbreaking ground on Arran's second distillery site

Situated
overlooking the cliffs at Lagg, on the south coast of the island, the new site
sits alongside fields of barley that are currently used in distillation at
Lochranza. Following the demand and popularity of Machrie Moor, the peated
Arran Malt, Master Distiller of the Isle of Arran Distillery, James MacTaggart,
plans to dedicate production at Lagg to more heavily peated single malts.Commenting on the new distillery site, James MacTaggart, said:“Having been at capacity at
Lochranza for some time, the prospect of starting production at Lagg is extremely
exciting. As the Arran Malt continues to
grow in popularity, the extra storage alone will enable us to lay down more of
the award-winning Arran spirit.”He went on to say: “I’m also very much looking forward to expanding our
peated range. By moving production of Machrie Moor and concentrating the
distillation of peated malts on the south of the island, I’ll also be freed up
to create more of our extremely popular limited editions at Lochranza.”

Construction at Lagg begins as the popularity of distillery visits
reaches an all-time high. The distillery site at Lochranza welcomed record
numbers of visitors in 2016 with over 104,000 people making the trip to the
distillery. This number is expected to rise to a combined 166,900 by 2018 once
the new visitor centre in Lagg has been opened.Posted by Steve Rush